Seven years in Australia as a POW: Ugo Lo Iacono's story

Ugo Lo Iacono

Ugo Lo Iacono Source: courtesy of Lo Iacono family

Sydney residents Antonino Lo Iacono ad his wife Anna Marozza tell us the story of Antonino's father, Ugo Lo Iacono, born in 1919. Captured in Libya in 1940, he was sent to Australia as a prisoner of war, and remained here until well after the war.


Ugo Lo Iacono
Ugo Lo Iacono Source: courtesy of Lo Iacono family
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Some photos of Ugo Lo Iacono
Some photos of Ugo Lo Iacono the family still keeps at home Source: courtesy of Lo Iacono family

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